The end of summer in Northern Europe brings with it three key events for the yachting industry with Cannes, Southampton and Monaco all holding important shows. Continuing a busy 2019 season the Oceanskies team will be attending all three of these ‘must do’ shows and we are looking forward to meeting new and [...]Find Out More

Following the introduction of the French Social Security Financing Act for 2015 we at Oceanskies Crew have seen a huge increase in demand for social security affiliation to a yacht’s flag state, especially at Malta. As such we thought it would be useful to outline the requirements and processes to try and provide [...]Find Out More

As the 2019 season is in full swing, we are really pleased to be employing crew onboard more than 180 yachts and working with 12 yacht management companies. This success is partly due to the recent launch of our app, available for download for Apple iOS and Google Android. The app represents a huge milestone for all of us as it [...]Find Out More

Oceanskies Crew Limited, (OCL), the yacht crew employment and payroll outsourcing division of Oceanskies, is pleased to announce that they have successfully passed their annual Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) audit by Lloyd’s Register with with no observations or deficiencies noted. This means that the Statement of Compliance issued by Lloyd’s Register to OCL is [...]Find Out More

On 2nd April, the French Senate adopted a proposal to allow a derogation to the necessary affiliation to a social security regime as required by Article L. 5551-1 of the Codes des transports. Full text of the 2nd April Senate meetings can be found at: http://www.senat.fr/petite-loi-ameli/2018-2019/369.html Specifically see Section 37, [...]Find Out More

Oceanskies is looking forward to attending the 2019 edition of the Boot – Düsseldorf Boat Show which starts on Saturday 19th January. Duncan will be attending the show for its entire duration to provide sales support assistance on behalf of our friends and colleagues within the marine industry to any clients regarding their yacht [...]Find Out More

We are pleased to invite all existing and future clients together with our friends and colleagues from the marine and aviation industries to our stand at this year’s Cannes Festival of Yachting. Our stand (PAN 148) is located in the heart of the show in the outdoor Pantero section of the [...]Find Out More

Oceanskies Crew Limited, the Guernsey based yacht crew employment and payroll division of Oceanskies, is receiving many enquiries regarding the current situation concerning the payment of social security contributions by yacht crew as the Mediterranean yachting industry gears up for the 2018 season. We have therefore prepared this pre-season update to advise of the current [...]Find Out More

Oceanskies Crew Limited, (OCL), the yacht crew employment and payroll outsourcing division of Oceanskies, is pleased to announce that they have successfully passed their annual Maritime Labour Convention (MLC) audit by Lloyd’s Register.This means that the Statement of Compliance issued by Lloyd’s Register to OCL is validated for another year confirming that the [...]Find Out More

Oceanskies have published a guide to explain the obligations of yacht crew and the employers of yacht crew working onboard French flagged yachts or residing in France for the purpose of social security contributions. The guide follows the implementation of the latest version of the French social security decree for seafarers with effect from the 1st January, 2018. [...]Find Out More